President Trump is ordering the Pentagon to buy more electricity from coal-fired power plants, part of a broader effort to slow the industry’s decline and keep some aging plants online. The move comes through an executive order directing the Defense Department to sign long-term power purchase agreements with coal facilities that supply military bases and other critical operations. A White House fact sheet says the goal is to ensure reliable, always-available electricity, often called baseload power, and to strengthen grid resilience and national security. The administration argues intermittent sources like wind and solar can’t always guarantee on-demand power during extreme conditions. thenationaldesk.com/news/fact-check-team/president-trump-push-to-revive-the-coal-industry-why-plants-reliability-solar-wind-national-security #trump #coal #energy #nationalsecurity #factcheckteam -------------------------------------- The National Desk (TND) brings you award-winning local st...